> I've used XP and 2000 extensively. I had 2000 at home and moved to XP. At
> work I still use 2000. I have found the stability and robustness of XP to
> be superior to 2000. I have also found that it sports various improvements
> including faster startup and shutdown and better compatibility with older
> apps. I also appreciate some of the little touches, like the way that XP
> has the ability to sync with time servers and its ability to natively handle
> ZIP files. As soon as you go away from the hokey XP interface and go back
> to "classic", everything is good.
full ACK.
don`t call Xp _that_ "worse" - it really _is_ the "best" (or at least the "fewer buggy")
Microsoft OS. i heard a colleague at work say: damn 2000/XP - NT4 is the best! that
colleage is known to be someone, who really doesn`t like to dig into new things and
he judges about things, he doesn`t really know.
furthermore, i heard the brother of a girlfriend say: naaahh, XP is crap. i get worms
from the internet, when i use it. so i better stay with win98 - i`m safe there :D *hahaha*

sure - some things changed in XP, maybe some things are even worse than in 2000 - but
all things considered......
regards
roland

> Chris Holt wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:29:39 -0500, Fred Maxwell wrote:
> >
> > > In other words, if
> > > you bought a peripheral that worked with Windows 2000, then the
> > > drivers should have been updated at no additional charge to you so
> > > that it would work with Windows XP.
>
> {snip}
>
> > I agree with you, except I can't figure out why someone would want to
> > downgrade their OS like that. ;-)
>
> I've used XP and 2000 extensively. I had 2000 at home and moved to XP. At
> work I still use 2000. I have found the stability and robustness of XP to
> be superior to 2000. I have also found that it sports various improvements
> including faster startup and shutdown and better compatibility with older
> apps. I also appreciate some of the little touches, like the way that XP
> has the ability to sync with time servers and its ability to natively handle
> ZIP files. As soon as you go away from the hokey XP interface and go back
> to "classic", everything is good.
>
> Regards,
> Fred Maxwell
>
>